The Most Powerful Type of Worldbuilding

Burying that sandwich in the woods was the key to all this.

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It’s seldom been claimed that ‘moldiness’ is the key to great worldbuilding — but after analyzing tons of sci-fi and fantasy settings, and sacrificing some expired bread, I genuinely believe that mildew is one of the most powerful devices in fiction. Because ‘rot’ …is a story. And stories stay with you.

0:00 Moldy Worldbuilding
0:48 Elden Ring and Rot
2:32 A Ruin is a Question
4:26 Sandwich-mode Worldbuilding
6:16 Star Wars and Scrapyards
7:45 What the Apes Forgot
9:18 Even Gods Must Rot
12:13 Battlefields of Ruin
13:46 Halo and Mass Effect
15:25 A House of Cards
17:58 Planet Earth has Moldy Worldbuilding
20:35 Do Not Weep Tears of Rust
22:08 BONUS VIDEO ON NEBULA

Media Shown: Elden Ring, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Rain World, Planet of Lana, The Last of Us, Lord of the Rings, Fallout TV Show, Fallout 4, The Wild Robot, Nausiccä of the Valley of the Wind, Future Boy Conan, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Ori and the Will of the Whisps, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Skyrim, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Amphibia, Stray, Horizon: Forbidden West, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Gris, Journey, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Legend of Korra, Adventure Time, Tear Along the Dotted Line, The Simpsons, The Litterbug, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mad Max: Furiosa, Sable, Wall-E, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, The Force Awakens, Revenge of the Sith, Mortal Engines, Halo 2, Halo: Legends, Mass Effect, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Arcane, Metropolis, Battle Angel, Gundam X, Tunic

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♫ Music Used – Dreamers (Licensed from Storyblocks), Blade of Miquella (Elden Ring), Promise (Silent Hill), Nascence (Journey), Knight Gael (Dark Souls III), Die Toteninsel Emptiness (Signalis), Resurrections (Celeste), The Path to the Door (Dredge), One Who Craves Souls (Demon’s Souls), All Gone (The Last of Us), Nameless Song (Dark Souls), Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven), Quiet and Falling (Celeste), Sword Search (Link’s Awakening), The Choice (Last of Us)

♫ Additional music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio:
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Sources:
“The World of Ice & Fire” by George R.R. Martin
“The Year Civilization Collapsed” by Eric H. Cline
“How Famed Indus Valley Civilization May Have Been Toppled” by David Nield https://www.sciencealert.com/maths-sh...
“What Was Greek Fire” by Jonny Wilkes https://www.historyextra.com/period/a...
“The Lost True Art of Damascus Steel” by Carrie Whitney, Ph.D. https://science.howstuffworks.com/dam...